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CHANGING MY RELIGION

Published on March 01, 2003.

In 2001, more than 33 million adults (approximately 16 percent
of the total adult population) reported that they had changed their
religious identification or preference at some point in their
lives, according to the 2001 American Religious Identification
Survey, conducted by the Graduate Center of the City University of
New York (CUNY).

LEAVING MY RELIGION

Less than 1 percent of Americans are
Jehovah's Witnesses, and almost one-third of those born into that
religion switch to another faith at some point in their lives.

RELIGION

PERCENT OF AMERICANS WHO SELF-IDENTIFY

PERCENT BORN INTO THE DENOMINATION WHO SWITCHED

Jehovah's Witness

0.6%

32%

Seventh Day Adventist

0.3%

27%

Methodist

6.8%

25%

Presbyterian

2.7%

25%

Episcopalian/Anglican

1.7%

23%

Buddhist

0.5%

23%

Church of God

0.5%

22%

Protestant

2.2%

20%

Lutheran

4.6%

19%

Pentecostal

2.1%

19%

Congregational/UCC

0.7%

18%

FINDING MY RELIGION

While Jehovah's Witnesses account for
less than 1 percent of Americans, almost 2 in 5 of their membership
joined the faith after being born into another religion.